Railway-tie.



A. C. PAULING.

RAILWAY TIE.'

APPLICATION FILED Nov. I3. 1915.

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Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

ARNO C. PAULING, OF MONEE, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 19115.

Application led November 13, 1915. Serial No. 61,224.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARNo C. PAULING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monee, in the county of filll and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in railway ties, and my object is to provide a metallic tie and arrange the same so as to give a more or less resilient effect thereto.

A further object is to provide seats in the tie for receiving the base of the rail. And a further object' is to provide means for locking the rails in the seat.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the accompanying specification.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tie. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view through one end of the tie. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the tie. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of one end of thev tie, showing the manner of attaching the rail thereto. Fig. 5 is a bottom perspective view of the rail locking device, and Fig.' 6 is a top perspective view thereof.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the tie, which is preferably hollow and approximately square in cross section, the base 2 of the tie having laterally extending `flanges 3 upon which the ballast of the road bed is packed t0 more firmly hold the tie in position.

rIhe upper face of the tie is provided with depressions or seats 4, which are adapted to take the base 5 of the rail 6, said depressions being of such depth that the edges of the base of the rail will rest substantially iiush with the face of the tie.-

In order to securely lock the rail in engagement with the depression, bolts 7 are threaded into openings 8 in the rail and at each side of the depression 4, said bolts having substantially equilateral triangular shaped heads 9 thereon, which heads are so arranged that they will extend over and grip the face of the rail base and securely lock the same in the depression. By providing the head of the bolt in this manner, the requirement for plates or the like for holding the rail in position is dispensed with and by turning the bolt to the position shown in Fig. 4, a broad bearing surface for the bolt heads will be provided. It will also be seen that by constructing the tie in hollow formation, it will be more or less yielding or resilient and at the same time rendered lighter than if constructed of solid metal. And it will also be seen that by providing the depressions in the tie, the rails will be prevented from spreading.

What I claim is A rail tie comprising the combination with a hollow tie having depressions therein and threaded openings at each side of the depressions, of threaded bolts adapted to engage said openings, each bolt being provided with a head having three elongated straight edges, each disposed a uniform distance from the bolt and in substantially triangular formation, said edges being adapted to extend longitudinally of the rail base when turned thereon, the meeting ends of said edges being rounded, the under face of each edge portion being adapted to engage the ail base throughout the extreme length of the edge portion when said edges are successively turned to position over the rail base, whereby a maximum elongated bearing surface for engagement with the rail base is provided with the employment of a minimum amount of metal for forming the head.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARN@ C. PAUIJING.

lVitnesses: i

HERMAN GEBHARDT, ARTHUR C. ALBERs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, E. C. 

